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Seen through Toughened Glass
Kathleen Bell

A helicopter spins
silent as sunlight. Mouthing builders
climb and grin.
New flats are stacked like coffins.

Terraces fade, lace curtains
have pulled themselves across, and grief
forces a woman to her knees.
I smile at the vitality of cranes.

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